I want to publicly thank Walter Cronkite for his service to America. He was a truthful and honest voice in both good times and bad. ...more

July 21, 2009

For those who have longed to play a musical instrument but thought they missed the chance years ago, the Carrollwood Cultural Center is implementing a beginning band program. ...more

May 20, 2009

Generations: the sum of the general population's mood, taste, accomplishments, and personality, are as distinct as the people who have lived through them. And while the world has gone in and out of wars, toppled walls separating democracy and communism, and put men on the moon, there remained a common thread pulling everyone together. That thread was the people themselves. ...more

April 1, 2009

Hillsborough County is jumping on the Twitter trend, sending out county news via the social media service under the name @HCNews. So far, there's a small following -- 25 people -- but more could be flowing soon, given tweets from the county such as this one: ...more

February 25, 2009

Don't be a chicken! Check out the wing-eating personalities below and see which one sounds most like you. ...more

January 27, 2009

QUESTION: What advice would you give to a woman whose husband just won't respond to her emotionally? That's my situation. Darrell is a good man but he's not romantic and he'd rather keep his thoughts to himself. How can I deal with the longing inside me? ...more

January 13, 2009

Durant High School junior Somer Harvey has won the Harvest Queen Scholarship Pageant held for the first time at the new home of the Hillsborough County Fair. ...more

January 7, 2009

Sally Timpanelli and Judy Hess had already talked for about an hour during a meal at a New Port Richey restaurant. ...more

November 29, 2008

Forget Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. The Super Bowl is coming to Tampa on Feb. 1, and that means the merchandizing machine has begun to grind. ...more

November 12, 2008

Like a lot of friends, Debra Medina and Leslie Barile often had we-ought-to start-a-business conversations during the seven years they worked together as counselors at Cotee River Elementary School. ...more

October 19, 2008